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Broken umbrella with herrings: some kind of antenna? I still wonder about the beach ball thing that goes parp, though. --Confusion (talk) 20:18, 27 November 2012 (PST)

Amusingly, a prototype computer-like structure has in fact been built which is driven by soldier crabs. It has a long way to go before becoming complex enough to rival conventional PC's, but the idea shows promise. Scuttling crabs powering a low-tech computer... Google on [Black and “A Crab-Based Computer”] There is also a Java program called "Shellfish".AgProv (talk) 16:33, 14 August 2014 (UTC)